- instrumental rock, experimental rock
- 39 min
- 7 tracks
- DiscReet
Sleep Dirt is an album by Frank Zappa, released in January 1979 on his own DiscReet Records label, distributed by Warner Bros. Records. It reached No. 175 on the Billboard 200 album chart in the United States.
Log it
Sign in to log this.
Character
Character-led, cool, spare and open-ended.
- character-ledplot-driven
- cooloverwhelming
- sparerichly built
- resolvedopen-ended
- contemporarynostalgic
Who loves it, who doesn't
No profiled raters yet.
Ask the title
A yes-or-no question, answered from what people wrote here, on TMDB and on Wikipedia. Never made up.
Reviews
No reviews yet.
What critics gave it
Each outlet on its own scale.
- AllMusic3.5/5 ★
- Christgau's Record GuideB−
- Music Week2/4 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide3/5 ★
As listed in the ratings box of Wikipedia’s article (CC BY-SA). Not part of Tastebuds's numbers.
Tracks
- 1Filthy Habits7:33
- 2Flambay5:02
- 3Spider of Destiny2:54
- 4Regyptian Strut4:15
- 5Time Is Money2:52
- 6Sleep Dirt3:20
- 7The Ocean Is the Ultimate Solution13:20
7 tracks, 39 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Frank Zappa
- Label
- DiscReet
- Released
- 1979
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- DE
From MusicBrainz, the earliest official release of this album.
Where to listen
Each opens a search for this album on that service.
Similar in taste
Closest on the same fourteen dimensions, from everything scored on Tastebuds Other media included when they land close.
- Danse Manatee 200182% alikeBoth character-led, contemporary, open-ended.
- The Knife 200181% alikeBoth character-led, cool, spare.
- Shaking the Habitual 201381% alikeBoth character-led, contemporary, spare.
- Again 202379% alikeBoth character-led, spare, open-ended.
- Hot Rats 196978% alikeBoth character-led, spare, cool.
- Melodies From Mars 199578% alikeBoth character-led, cool, contemporary.
- Naked 198877% alikeBoth character-led, spare, cool.
- Richard D. James Album 199676% alikeBoth character-led, contemporary, open-ended.
Slave of God 201258% alikeGame · Both contemporary, intimate, open-ended.
I and Me 201656% alikeGame · Both contemporary, spare, cool.